A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Witty Quotes

Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind -...

Work is the grand cure for all maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind -...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work...

The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became...

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an...

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an...

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...